Seeley Creek Camp, F-50, loading jackhammer holes with explosives

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Title Seeley Creek Camp, F-50, loading jackhammer holes with explosives
Identifier 39222000728704; 39222000728738
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Camp F-50 Seeley Creek Camp
Date of Photograph 2 April 1937
Date 1937-04-02
Spatial Coverage Manti Canyon, Sanpete County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5542757
Subject Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Manti-La Sal National Forest (Utah and Colo.); Machinery; Employees; Mountains; Rock excavation; Explosives
Description Image shows three men jack-hammering a rocky mountainside in Manti Canyon. They are loading the last of the 22 foot holes drilled for explosives used to blow part of the mountain. Mr. Bergdahl is in the foreground while George Allred loads the holes. Bergdahl, (?) is also visible.
Comment A description of this photo can be found with photograph 39222000728738. The Seeley Creek CCC Camp worked in conjunction with the U. S. Forest Service.
Creator Utah State Historical Society
Rights Management Digital Image © 2003 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Collection Compiler Roger Roper, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
Relation https://history.utah.gov/finding-aids/data/B01456/B1456.xml
Source Format Black and white, 35 mm negative
Source Donation Date 1993-2003
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Image scanned on Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner at TIFF: 800 ppi resolution and 8-bit grayscale. Dimensions are JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels.
Scanned By Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6mg7mkn
Source Mss B 1456; Civilian Conservation Corps Collection; Seeley Creek Camp Folder
Setname dha_ccc
ID 428098
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mg7mkn
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